Chapin v. Cooke
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the construction of the will of E. Ludlow Cooke of Hartford, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Robinson, Jupon an agreed finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Suit to determine the construction of the will of E. Ludlow Cooke of Hartford, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Robinson, Jupon an agreed finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The testator died August 5th, 1897, leaving an estate of both real and personal property which was inventoried at 133,000, and a will which was duly proved by the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford on September 20th, 1897. The executor named in the will declined the trust, and the plaintiff, Gilbert W. Chapin, was duly appointed…
1Opinion of the CourtHameesley, J.
Contracts will not be enforced which are contrary to sound public policy. The courts have considered contracts totally restraining one from marriage, or from marrying any but a particular person without imposing an obligation to marry that person, to be of this nature. 1 Sw. Dig. 212. In such case the mere abstinence from marriage is not unlawful, but the compulsion to celibacy is impolitic; and so neither party to an attempt at such compulsion can invoke the aid of a court of justice in the enforcement of an obligation involving a violation of its own maxims of sound public policy.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bennett v. PackerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Chappel v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1825
- Phillips v. MedburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1829
- Griggs v. DodgeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1805
- Mansfield v. MixSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
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